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From: | "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net> |
To: | "Baras, Gal" <Gal DOT Baras AT det DOT qld DOT gov DOT au>, "cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: How can I set up users? |
Date: | Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:07:08 -0000 |
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Baras, Gal wrote: > The complete answer to my question was that a user was required in > /etc/passwd. To find this user's ID, I had to use 'ls -ln' on some > files I owned, then copy the Administrator line, change the ID from > 500 to my own (400) and the pw_gecos field to "my_domain\my_user_ID". Umm. That's kind of messy. Try: $ man mkpasswd $ man mkgroup Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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